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   Eli studied Russian at school at the age of 15-16.

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   Elijah is allergic to cats.

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   He suffers from psoriasis, a genetic non-contagious skin disease. The first case of the disease occurred when Elijah was 22 years old; he later used the skin changes he himself experienced to create the skin's appearance in the film Fever.

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   His ancestors immigrated from Poland, Austria, and Russia.

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   Gained 35 pounds (about 20 kg) of muscle mass for the role of Donny Donowitz in Inglourious Basterds.

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   For his role in Inglourious Basterds, Eli Roth learned to cut hair from the father of the film's producer, Pilar Savone, whose name was Umberto. The training took place in his own salon called Umberto in Beverly Hills.

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   Eli Roth became the prototype for the character named Eli in the film The Girl Next Door (2004). During the filming of Cabin Fever, one of the screenwriters of The Girl Next Door was on set with his friend and recorded everything Eli Roth said. Later, Eli's friends watched The Girl Next Door and noticed that the character in the film spoke exactly like him.

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   Full name: Eli Raphael Roth.

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   His father is Sheldon Roth, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, and his mother is Cora Roth, an artist.